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The United Kingdom has just completed a legal operation unprecedented in a millennium.
It did not amend the constitution, yet it fundamentally changed the definition of property.
From today, in British law, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in your wallet are officially genuine property — equal to houses, land, and stocks.
Previously, stolen coins meant total loss. Now you can sue directly, freeze assets, and recover them.
With King Charles III’s Royal Assent, the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 has come into force.
This is no ordinary law. It carved out a third category of property in Britain’s ancient legal system, placing crypto on the same footing as real property and tangible goods.
Digital assets now have clear legal status — no longer in a gray zone.
Even more striking: the bill passed without any amendments and with unanimous support.
Experts call it the biggest change to English property law since medieval times.
What does this new legal shield bring? Three immediate benefits:
1. Stolen crypto can be traced, frozen, and recovered across platforms and borders.
2. In bankruptcy, crypto must be counted as assets to repay creditors.
3. Digital assets can be inherited — private keys can be validly included in wills.
Overnight, the UK’s ~7 million crypto holders gained unprecedented legal protection.
Yet Britain’s ambition goes far beyond retail investors.
This is a strategic move in the race for global digital finance dominance.
While the US is mired in litigation and the EU in complex compliance, the UK has rewritten the foundational code of property law, offering maximum certainty.
The Bank of England is also rapidly advancing stablecoin regulation.
The UK is building a complete digital finance strategy — from property rights to payments and monetary systems.
Global digital asset competition has entered a new dimension: competition over legal infrastructure.
The UK’s “third category of property” may become the most attractive regime for global innovators and capital.
The battle is no longer just about technology or money — it’s now a new cold war of legal and governance models.
Whoever defines “property” in the digital age may define the future.
When your assets drift in legal limbo, others have already secured theirs by law.
This revolution, sparked by a single signature, has changed the fate of 7 million Britons — and may redirect global wealth flows for the next decade.
Is this Atlantic legal revolution really far from us?
It is redefining what an asset and wealth truly mean.
When an old empire uses its most ancient tools to give ironclad status to the newest data assets, we may be witnessing the end of one era and the forceful birth of a new age of code, property, and institutions.
Do you think this bold UK move in property law will help it win the Web3 future?
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